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How Lehmans collapse started the FinTech fire

Chris Skinner

It’s interesting that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) sparked by Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008 sparked the FinTech revolution, according to some.

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Apple & Twitter are on a collision course | Sequoia Capital warns today’s downturn is worse than 2000/2008 | Impact of metaverse on digital marketing

Bussman Advisory

Sequoia Capital warns today’s downturn is worse than 2000 and 2008. The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here : Interested in FinTech or Digital Assets related Advisory or Workshop? Will the metaverse’s impact on digital marketing be equivalent to social media?

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How a fintech born from the 2008 recession is navigating the pandemic

Payments Source

Bill Clerico created WePay during the last financial crisis, and sees a similar opportunity now. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting different markets in vastly different ways, and easing the flow of capital is just one way to provide help.

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Data: London FinTechs Netted $3.6B In VC Investments So Far In 2020

PYMNTS

London's FinTech sector has been going strong this year, even in spite of the pandemic, with $3.6 The pandemic has dealt blows to many markets, but so far, London's FinTech market appears to be coping well, the release stated, with data suggesting that around 95 percent of the U.K.'s s FinTechs have long innovated to meet challenges.

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Why London’s Calling For The FinTech Industry

PYMNTS

Head Keith Grose and Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell told Karen Webster as part of a recent PYMNTS TV session on London’s FinTech environment, in partnership with London & Partners, the official international trade, investment and promotion agency for London. It was an obvious choice for [Plaid] to be in, honestly,” Grose said.

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The best free research papers on #Fintech and #Blockchain

Chris Skinner

There’s been a large number of white papers produced recently about Fintech and Blockchain, so I decided to collate the most notable ones here. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (9 pages, October 2008) The origins of the whole thing in … All links are to file downloads and if I’ve missed any, please let me know.

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Americans Are Borrowing Like It’s 2008 … Sort Of

PYMNTS

trillion peak it reached in the fall of 2008 — the same time that the Great Recession was earning its place in the history books. trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2017, up $473 billion from a year ago and $50 billion above the previous 2008 record. trillion in household debt of 2008 represented 85 percent of the U.S.